Etymology

biconditional

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Today it means: Having two conditions Full definition →

English conditional ← Latin bi- ← Proto-Italic *dwi-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Englishconditional
  7. English todaybiconditional

From bi- + conditional.

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